e-TiM: Online Program
e-TiM: A Deceptive Text: Midrashic Readings of Megillat Esther

Part 1, Jan. 25, 12:15 pm: The Problem with Megillat Esther

Part 2, Feb. 1, 12:15 pm: The Man Who Would Be King:  Ahashverosh and the Will to Power

Part 3, Feb. 8, 12:15 pm: Mordechai and Esther:  Exile and Consequences

Part 4, Feb. 15, 12:15 pm: Haman and History

Part 5, Feb. 22, 12:15 pm: A Happy Ending?

This series of classes is sponsored by Judy and Lee Snitzer in memory of Lee's father, Mordechai ben Raphael z”l and Judy’s parents, Yisroel ben Aryeh Leib z”l and Peninnah bat Mordechai Nachum z”l. May we be blessed with good health and long life.

Dates

January 25, 2021 February 22, 2021

Time

Mondays 12:15 PM EST

Location

Online

Topics

Jewish Holidays, Purim, Ketuvim, Esther, Books

Class Audio

A Deceptive Text: Midrashic Readings of Megillat Esther (Part 1)

January 25, 2021

Simi Peters

Program: e-TiM: A Deceptive Text: Midrashic Readings of Megillat Esther

A Deceptive Text: Midrashic Readings of Megillat Esther (Part 2)

February 2, 2021

Simi Peters

Program: e-TiM: A Deceptive Text: Midrashic Readings of Megillat Esther

A Deceptive Text: Midrashic Readings of Megillat Esther (Part 3)

February 8, 2021

Simi Peters

Program: e-TiM: A Deceptive Text: Midrashic Readings of Megillat Esther

A Deceptive Text: Midrashic Readings of Megillat Esther (Part 4)

February 15, 2021

Simi Peters

Program: e-TiM: A Deceptive Text: Midrashic Readings of Megillat Esther

A Deceptive Text: Midrashic Readings of Megillat Esther (Part 5)

February 22, 2021

Simi Peters

Program: e-TiM: A Deceptive Text: Midrashic Readings of Megillat Esther

Class Video

February 7, 2021

February 7, 2021

February 7, 2021

Watch A Deceptive Text: Midrashic Readings of Megillat Esther (Part 1) || Simi Peters on YouTube.

Source Material

Source I: The Problem with Megillat Esther (PDF)

Source II: Ahashverosh and the Will to Power (PDF)

Source III: Mordechai and Esther: Exile and Consequences (PDF)

Source IV part 1: Haman and History (PDF)

Source IV part 2: Haman and Mordechai (PDF)

Source V: A Happy Ending? (PDF)

Meet the speaker

Simi Peters

Simi Peters, author of Learning to Read Midrash, is an internationally acclaimed Jewish educator and speaker. She has a Masters degree in Linguistics from the Graduate Center of CUNY, and is a graduate of the prestigious Jerusalem Fellows program. With unique expertise in Tanach, Biblical exegesis, and Midrash, she specializes in providing access to a wide variety of classic Jewish texts for audiences at all levels of Jewish literacy and experience. Her interactive style is warm, inclusive and intellectually engaging. She lives with her family in Jerusalem.

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